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.TH SETTIME 1XNX "8/23/03" "Heirloom Toolchest" "XENIX System Compatibility"
.SH NAME
settime \- (XENIX) change the access and modification dates of files
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBsettime\fR [\fB\-f\fI\ ref_file\fR] [\fIMMDDhhmm\fR[\fIYY\fR]] \fIfile\fR ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B settime
utility
changes the access and modification times of files.
Arguments that do not refer to existing files are ignored.
If none of the arguments specify the time to set,
the current time is used.
.PP
If the
.B \-f
option is not used
and the first non-option argument consists of exactly eight or ten digits,
the times of the files are set to the given time.
.PP
The meaning of fields in time specifications is as follows:
.RS
.PP
\fICC\fP	The first two digits of the year.
.br
\fIYY\fP	The second two digits of the year.
.br
\fIMM\fP	The month of the year (01-12).
.br
\fIDD\fP	The day of the month (01-31).
.br
\fIhh\fP	The hour of the day (00-23).
.br
\fImm\fP	The minute of the hour (00-59).
.br
\fISS\fP	The second of the minute (00-61).
.RE
.PP
Unless
.I YY
is present, the current year is used.
.PP
With the \fB\-f\fI ref_file\fR argument,
the times of the files are set to those of
.IR ref_file .
.SH "SEE ALSO"
touch(1)